HUNTSVILLE, Ala., 7 June 2013. GE Intelligent Platforms in Huntsville, Ala., is introducing the SBC326 rugged 3U VPX single board computer with the quad-core 4th generation Intel Core i7 processor for constrained environments such as manned and unmanned vehicles.

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, 7 June 2013. NuWaves Ltd. in Middletown, Ohio, is introducing the NuPower NW-BSSPA-10W-1.0-2.5 Xtender bidirectional L- and S-band power amplifier module for use with half-duplex RF transceivers running constant-envelope waveforms.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 6 June 2013. U.S. Army chemical defense experts needed additional chemical-detection devices to help protects troops or emergency responders from chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. They found their solution from Smiths Detection in Edgewood, Md.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., 5 June 2013. Intel Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif., introduced the next generation of the company's Core i7 microprocessor on Tuesday, which triggered a flurry of product introductions by embedded computing manufacturers.

ARLINGTON, Va., 2 June 2013. U.S. Navy researchers are looking to two defense companies to begin developing a future generation of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and mission payloads that function as minesweepers to augment U.S. counter-mine capabilities.

BOHEMIA, N.Y., 2 June 2013. Data Device Corp. (DDC) in Bohemia, N.Y., is introducing the radiation-tolerant SPACE-PHY 5-volt Dual MIL-STD-1553 transceiver/transformer for mission-critical space applications that must operate in extreme environmental conditions.

A thermal management specialist discusses the cooling requirements unique to smart munitions.

Extreme Engineering Solutions Inc. (X-ES) in Middleton, Wis., is introducing the XPand6103 fanless embedded rugged box computer using the Intel Core i7 processor for small, rugged applications like unmanned vehicles.

Contractor logistics support-or the lifetime maintenance of weapons systems by defense contractors instead of military maintenance personnel-has become big business in recent years, and Northrop Grumman Corp. is cashing-in with a U.S. Air Force contract worth nearly half a billion dollars to maintain the RQ-4 Global Hawk long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

The X-47B unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) launched last month from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia in an important test to demonstrate the viability of future carrier-based unmanned fighter-bomber aircraft.

It's ironic that one of the few growth areas in the U.S. defense industry these days involves making things smaller, but this is the world we live in now.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 28 May 2013. Radar experts at the Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems segment in Linthicum, Md., will support a radar system for manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed specially to detect and track moving land vehicles and even detect and follow people traveling on foot under terms contract action announced Friday.

PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md., 28 May 2013. In the same day that unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) experts at Northrop Grumman Corp. completed the first flight of the new Navy MQ-4C Triton maritime patrol UAV, Navy experts are making plans to upgrade the UAV's software.

WASHINGTON, 24 May 2013. U.S. Navy researchers need to develop as many as five new-generation unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for research programs in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and mine countermeasure (MCM) missions. They are finding their solution from Bluefin Robotics Corp. in Quincy, Mass.

WATERLOO, Ontario, 24 May 2013. Aeryon Labs Inc. in Waterloo, Ontario, is introducing the SkyRanger small unmanned aerial vehicle (SUAV) for military, public safety, and commercial applications.

BLACKSBURG, Va., 23 May 2013. VPT Inc. in Blacksburg, Va., is introducing the SVR series of radiation-hardened DC-DC power converters, point of load converters, and EMI filters for space applications in low Earth orbit (LEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO), geostationary orbit (GEO), deep space, and launch vehicles.

SAN DIEGO, 22 May 2013. U.S. Navy researchers needed experimental autonomy and mission planning software for a future large unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) under development by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va. They found their solution from Metron Inc. in Reston, Va.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, 21 May 2013. U.S. government researchers are asking industry for ideas on a Common Data Link (CDL) radio that is small enough to fit on small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that warfighters can carry into the field and operate with only one or two people.

ABOARD THE CARRIER USS BUSH, 15 May 2013. The X-47B unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) launched Tuesday from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia in an important test to demonstrate the viability of future carrier-based unmanned fighter-bomber aircraft.